We should be able to choose how we die.

Most of us are lucky enough to make choices throughout our adult life.  What career/job will I choose, will I live in the country or the city, will I be a vegetarian or a meat eater?  We also get to choose our partner, how many children we will have and their names.  In some instances we can choose our religion or creed, whether we will smoke or drink or play sport.  The list goes on and on, BUT there is one choice that we are unable to make.  We are not legally allowed to choose how and when to die.  Some politicians and a bunch of moral and ethical do-gooders who do not know me, have decided  that I am not allowed to make this choice.  Of course, I can commit suicide if I want, but I cannot choose legal euthanasia!  Most of the people who are vehemently against euthanasia seem to think that it is compulsary, that people will go around killing their loved ones, or that someone close to them will be standing by with a needle at the first sign of a cold. Everyone has to die sometime - if you live, you die - so we should be able to choose when and how this will happen.